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Kaskaskia Water District

On record as serving New Athens, St. Clair County, IL · Population served not reported

Federal records show 1 health-based violation and 13 monitoring/reporting issues for Kaskaskia Water District in the last ten years. The most serious issue in this window was a resolved Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule violation.

  • IL1635110
  • NEW ATHENS
  • IL
  • 0 served

System profile

Source water Surface water
ZIP 62264
EPA system ID IL1635110

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
1
Resolved
1
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
Yes
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
13

Key facts

  • Kaskaskia Water District draws water from 1 surface water intake.
  • Record on file since 1977, with 2 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.

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Health-based violations

Since October 2016

Violation data reflects EPA records through March 2026. For the most current status, visit the EPA ECHO database.

Contaminant Rule family Start date Status Acute
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 120 Jan 1, 2018 Resolved Yes

Monitoring and reporting issues

Since October 2016

Missed tests or reports, not contaminants found above a limit.

Issue Start date Status
Atrazine
Monitoring and reporting
 Jul 1, 2025 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
Carbofuran
Monitoring and reporting
 Apr 1, 2021 Resolved
Diquat
Monitoring and reporting
 Apr 1, 2021 Resolved
Endothall
Monitoring and reporting
 Apr 1, 2021 Resolved
OXAMYL
Monitoring and reporting
 Apr 1, 2021 Resolved
Dalapon
Monitoring and reporting
 Apr 1, 2021 Resolved
Picloram
Monitoring and reporting
 Apr 1, 2021 Resolved
2,4,5-TP
Monitoring and reporting
 Apr 1, 2021 Resolved
Pentachlorophenol
Monitoring and reporting
 Apr 1, 2021 Resolved
2,4-D
Monitoring and reporting
 Apr 1, 2021 Resolved
Dinoseb
Monitoring and reporting
 Apr 1, 2021 Resolved
1,2-DIBROMO-3-CHLOROPROPANE
Monitoring and reporting
 Apr 1, 2021 Resolved
ETHYLENE DIBROMIDE
Monitoring and reporting
 Apr 1, 2021 Resolved

Full record since 1977

EPA's records for Kaskaskia Water District go back to 1977. Before October 19, 2016 they list 2 health-based violations (2 archived by EPA without a recorded fix) and 8 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1970s 0 1
1990s 2 6
2000s 0 1
October 19, 2016 to 2019 1 0
2020s 0 13

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Surface Water Treatment Rule, began January 1999, Archived.

Show all 2 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Jan 1, 1999 Archived
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Jul 1, 1993 Archived

What the violations mean

Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule

1 incident

The system did not meet a filtration or treatment requirement for surface water

Inadequate treatment of surface water can let pathogens such as Cryptosporidium and Giardia through

Where the water comes from

Kaskaskia Water District draws water from 1 surface water intake. 5 other community water systems buy water from Kaskaskia Water District.

Community systems that buy water from it

Annual water quality report

Kaskaskia Water District must give its customers an annual water quality report (Consumer Confidence Report) by July 1, with the levels its tests found in the previous year.

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